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The Marvin McDill Memorial Award was established to honour the man who returned Canada to the America's Cup Competition in 1983, challenging through the Secret Cove Yacht Club. Also known as the Canadian Sailing Team Rookie of the Year Award, the Marvin McDill Award is presented annually to the athlete or crew with the best results at their first Open World Championship as a member of the Canadian Sailing Team. This year's recipient, Tom Ramshaw from Toronto, Ontario was awarded the Nathan Cowan Memorial Award just last year. Tom trains full-time around the world with elite international sailors in preparation for continued international competition and hopes to qualify to represent Canada at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Ramshaw was 2nd at CORK OCR 2012, 3rd at the Paulista Championship in Sao Paulo 2012, 6th at the Canadian Laser Championships 2012, 20th at the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2012 and 54th at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2012.
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I am now dealing with bronchitis combined with an acute asthma episode. It is hard to sort out what symptoms are causing what, and I am grateful that my doctor erred on the side of caution and prescribed Zithromax and Advair. Advair provided relief instantly. The combination of Zithromax, Advair and albuterol as needed has been essential to my recovery. I also drink lots of water, as many hot drinks as I can stand and find that rest is absolutely essential. It has only been 24 hours since I started this course of treatment and I am now seeing a positive trend for the better. I concur with all those who say "don't wait" for treatment. I also disagree with the doctors who withhold antibiotic treatment since I think bronchitis, particularly for those with asthma or other respiratory ailment, requires aggressive treatment as fast as possible.
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When I had bronchitis, I couldn't stop coughing and was unable to sleep more than two hours at a time, even with sleeping aids. I put hand towels in my dryer at moderately high heat and then wrapped a towel against my chest (over my top) and zipped up in my down vest. I wrapped another dryer-warm towel loosely around my neck and covered my ears with the warm cloth. The warmth felt wonderful but what was more important was that the coughing stopped almost immediately. I think the warmth helped my lungs to expand. The towel in the vest will stay warm for a long time; repeat as desired.
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I have had bronchitis three times in my life, twice in the last two years. The last two bouts began right before Thanksgiving and lasted until New Year's (about six weeks). This seems consistent with what I have read. ("Acute" bronchitis can last up to six weeks ...) I got better as the weeks progressed, but it took me about six weeks to get fully "well." Things that I found helpful were: Mucinex, drinking a "healthy" amount (about two liters for me) of water, and an albuterol inhaler. I have been prescribed codeine and Tessalon Perles, but these have not worked for me. The Mucinex (which is OTC) seemed to thin the mucus and decrease the coughing. Drinking water also helped. It seemed to make my cough more wet/productive (which may not seem desirable), but it also seemed to decrease the frequency and extent of my coughing fits, especially those dry ones that just won't end! My doctor prescribed the albuterol inhaler (often used for asthma) when I went to see him about the bronchitis. It seemed to help me breathe and decrease my coughing somewhat. One final note: My brother swears by Celestial Seasonings Echinacea wellness tea with a spoonful of honey. I didn't find out about this until my last bout was almost over, so I can't really comment. But he says this helps him when he has respiratory infections.
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I am having my first bout with Bronchitis; the cough started a week ago, then things just kept getting worse. Went to the doctor two days later and found out it was the flu and Bronchitis. Was prescribed an antibiotic and cough med. I was called back two days later because I was steadily getting worse, and was prescribed a different antibiotic. The morning after that, I was so sick I could barely move, so I had my husband take me to urgent care so we could make sure that I didn't have pneumonia. I didn't, but the bronchitis had gotten pretty severe. They prescribed a much, much stronger antibiotic, plus they gave me a shot of the antibiotic in the office to give a jump start. Also was given stronger cough medicine, and a steroid. That was yesterday, and so far, I feel a little bit better, just worn out and disappointed that I am missing so many things right at Christmas. I am hoping that it clears up soon... I haven't really found much in over the counter medications that have done anything or given any relief, and today, I have a very sore throat. Here's to hoping the medications work!
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It started as a dry cough and I was given cough medication with codeine. A week later it was worse. I couldn't sleep or stop coughing (no fever). I was out of town and went to urgent care. They told me the virus had turned into Bronchitis and gave me Zithromax "Z-pack", an inhaler and more cough medication. I woke up the next morning, coughed and my airway was completely blocked. This had never happened to me (I'm not a smoker and I don't have asthma). I was scared, so I called the front desk, but could not get a word out. They rushed to my room and called 911. Luckily I started breathing before the paramedics arrived. They told me I had a "mucus plug" and I'm on the correct medications. If this happens to anyone else, they advise to try and cough and start moving around to loosen this up (AFTER you call 911 because you could pass out). I'm on week 5 and feel 90% better.
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I can't help it. I've been growing Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris cicla) for three years, and I've become so hooked on this wonderful plant that I just can't help raving about it. Wouldn't you talk up a food crop that's [1] easy to grow, [2] colorful enough to serve as an ornament, [3] mild-tasting, [4] loaded with nutrients and [5] exceedingly resistant to pests?
Chard's beauty sets it apart from most garden greens. Its tall, curly-edged, dark-green leaves with their slender, ivory-white centers make the plant truly an "edible decoration." (For that reason, Beta vulgaris cicla is just as eye-pleasing when grown in a pot as it is sown along the borders of a path or in traditional rows.) And with no more care than the regular waterings and feedings that you extend to the other inhabitants of your garden, chard quickly grows lush and strong and stays that way. Fact is, if you're careful to harvest only the leaves, the plant's rootstocks will continue to flourish and send up plume-like foliage year after year . . . in which case you'll never have to buy seed again and will be able to try numerous different chard recipes.
Chard isn't just "another pretty face in the pea patch," however, it's also good for you. Only 100 grams (about 3 1/2 ounces) of Beta vulgaris cicla — briefly steamed or cooked in a little water till limp — contain 1.8 grams of protein, 1.8 milligrams of iron and 5,400 international units (more than the minimum adult daily requirement) of vitamin A. And if you eat the greens raw, the figures are even more impressive: The same 100 grams of uncooked chard contain 2.4 grams of protein, 3.2 milligrams of iron, 6,500 international units of vitamin A and 32 milligrams of vitamin C to boot.
But alas, the flavor of chard is not what you'd call "exciting." Chard — in fact — is rather bland and lacks the zip of, say, spinach or mustard greens. Perhaps this is just as well. Many people prefer delicately flavored vegetables, and as luck would have it, a large number of garden pests don't. (Snails and slugs, for instance, have been known to turn down chard in favor of nearby plantings of spinach or romaine.) Those of us who wish to enhance chard's rather benign taste, however, can do so easily by preparing the greens with such flavory companions as garlic, onions, and/or cheese. (Suggestions follow.)
By now, you have — I trust — had your "chard consciousness" raised, your sense of frugality stimulated and (I hope) your curiosity aroused. If so, do go out and invest 39 cents in a packet of Swiss chard seed (a packet that-once planted — may well keep you supplied with the food forever). You have nothing to lose ... and a whole new dimension of aesthetic and gustatory delight to savor with the following Swiss chard recipes.
With this dish, the most critical element is timing. The various ingredients require very little cooking time, and once cooked should not be allowed to sit while you set the table. If you want everything to taste fresh and crisp, prepare your table and pour the drinks first ... then start cooking.
1 pound of fresh chard1/4 cup of margarine or butter2 cloves of garlic, minced1 medium onion, chopped1/2 cup of shelled sunflower seeds1 pound of fresh mushrooms, washed and sliced salt and pepper to taste1 1/2 cups of grated cheese (cheddar, Jack, Swiss, Parmesan or any combination thereof)
Wash the chard and cut the green parts of the leaves from the central white shafts, then pack the greens into a steamer or a good-sized pan that contains a little water. Chop the white part of the chard.
Next, melt the margarine or butter in a frying pan and saute the garlic, onion, seeds and white parts of the chard for about 10 minutes (that is, until the vegetables are limp and the seeds crisp). Add the mushrooms to the frying pan and turn the heat on under the pan of chard. Bring the chard to a boil, then reduce the heat to the lowest setting and allow the greens to simmer. At the same time, cook and stir the mushroom-garlic-onion-seed mixture until the mushrooms have released most of their liquid ... about 10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. By this time, the chard in the pan should be just limp.
Now remove the chard from the pan with tongs (or with a large slotted spoon) and distribute the greens evenly among 4 plates. Top with grated cheese, spoon the hot mushroom mixture over all, and serve immediately. (Hint: A wedge of lemon is a nice go-with, as are slices of tomato and/or other fruit.)
Serves 4
1 pound of fresh chard water3 cups of cooked (approx. 1 cup raw) brown rice1/2 cup of chopped or slivered almonds2 eggs, well beaten1 cup of milk2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce1 1/4 tsp of salt1/2 cup of chopped onion1/4 cup of butter or margarine1/2 cup of grated sharp cheese
Wash the chard and cut the green parts away from the white stalks. (You may dispose of the white part at this point, or chop the stalks up, saute them briefly, and add them to the casserole mixture below.) Steam or cook the greens in a small amount of water ... then — in a large strainer — drain the leaves and press as much water from them as you can with your hands or the back of a spoon. Chop the greens into very small pieces.
Now — using a fork — toss the almonds and the cooked brown rice and chard together in a large bowl. Add the eggs, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and onion. Toss everything gently, being careful not to mash the grains of rice.
Finally, pour the mixture into a greased 2-quart casserole dish, dot the contents with butter or margarine, and sprinkle grated cheese over the top. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 40 minutes.
Serves 8 side-dish servings or 4 main-dish servings
3 tbsp of butter or margarine3 tbsp of whole wheat flour1 cup of scalded milk1/2 cup of grated sharp cheese2 tbsp of finely chopped onion1/2 cup of cooked, drained, and finely chopped chard1 tsp of salt4 egg yolks, beaten4 egg whites
Melt the butter or margarine in a saucepan and blend in the flour, stirring constantly over a medium flame. Gradually stir in the milk and blend until smooth. Then lower the heat and add the cheese, onion, chard, and salt, and continue to stir until the cheese has melted. Remove the mixture from the heat and pour it over the beaten egg yolks in a bowl. Blend well and allow the mixture to stand.
In another bowl, beat the egg whites until they're stiff but not dry. Gently fold the egg whites into the cheese-chard-onion mixture, then pour the combination into a greased souffle dish or a straight-sided casserole. Bake — uncovered — in a 375 degree oven until the souffle has puffed up and browned (about 35 minutes). Serve at once (before it falls).
1 medium onion, chopped1 clove of garlic, minced2 tbsp of olive or salad oil1 pound of hamburger1/2 pound of fresh mushrooms, sliced1 can (8 ounces) of tomato sauce1 can (6 ounces) of tomato paste2 tsp of salt1 tsp of oregano3/4 cup of water or dry red wine1 cup of cooked, drained, and finely chopped chard (about 1 pound raw)1 cup of cottage cheese1/3 cup of grated Parmesan cheese2 eggs1 package (12 ounces) of lasagna noodles, cooked according to package directions1/2 pound of Monterey Jack cheese, grated
Brown the onion and garlic lightly in one tablespoon of the oil in a large frying pan. Add the hamburger and cook until the meat is no longer red. Throw in the sliced mushrooms and cook until they've lost most of their liquid . . . then stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, one teaspoon of salt, the oregano, and the water or wine. Simmer 15 minutes.
In a clean bowl, combine the chard with the cottage cheese, the Parmesan cheese, 1 of the eggs, and the remaining teaspoon of salt and tablespoon of oil. In another bowl, beat the second egg slightly and toss with the cooked and drained lasagna noodles.
Now pour half the meat sauce into the bottom of a long (about 9-by-13-inch) baking dish and cover with half of the noodles. Spread all of the cheese/chard mixture over this and top with [1] the remaining lasagna noodles, followed by [2] the remaining meat sauce. Next, cover the baking dish with foil and pop it into a 350 degree oven. About 45 minutes later, remove the foil and sprinkle grated Jack cheese over the hot lasagna . . . then return the dish to the oven (uncovered) and bake 15 to 20 minutes longer. Allow the lasagna to cool 5 to 10 minutes before dishing it up.
Serves 6 or 8
Add a green salad, bread, and wine to this extraordinary Swiss chard recipe, and you've got a simple lasagna meal for up to 8 persons. And if this doesn't make you a chard fanatic, I don't know what will!
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If you've got an AT&T or some other GSM variant of an iPhone 4 and you are experiencing issues with either the headphone jack, mute switch, or volume buttons, a DIY repair can quickly get your iPhone back into working condition. Symptoms can range from no sound from the headphone jack to something being stuck inside. If your volume buttons aren't working or you have to push down extremely hard, this replacement cable should also fix that issue.
So if you're out of warranty and don't fancy buying a new iPhone just yet, follow along to see if you're up for the challenge.
Disclaimer: As with any repair, iMore can not be held responsible for any damage you may do to your device. It's also worth considering that opening up your device to perform any repair or modification can and will void your Apple warranty. If you don't feel comfortable opening your device, don't. Use extreme care and caution when performing a repair on any device.
The Pod Drop recommends using only quality and genuine parts from a reputable supplier like eTech Parts. They have quality parts, tools, and much more for all your repair needs. You will find links to the specific parts you'll need for this repair in the list below.
Before performing any repair, always power off your device before removing any screws or parts.
Use a SIM removal tool or a paperclip to remove your SIM card and tray. Set them aside.
To disconnect the cellular antenna, just pop the round cable up from the logic board holding it in place. It is connected to the speaker housing so just leave it where it is for now.
There is a metal retainer covering the front facing camera. To remove it use your pry tool to gently pull it off. Make sure you don't lose it as you'll need it for reassembly. Now that the metal retainer has been removed you can gently lift the front facing camera out of the iPhone 4.
Now that you've finished replacing the headphone jack and volume flex cable, all we've got left to do is reassemble. You can either follow these directions in exact reverse order or watch the reassembly video above. The video is a replacement for a cracked screen and involved an almost complete teardown so you won't need to follow the entire think. You can start off from around the 3 minute and 18 second mark to complete assembly.
Once you've got your iPhone 4 put completely back together you can go ahead and power it on. If all went well you should see the typical Apple logo come up. After the phone completely finished rebooting, plug in a pair of headphones to make sure the headphone jack is in working order. Then test the volume buttons and mute switch to make sure those are all functioning properly again.
If you run into issues or have problems, our DIY and mod forums are a great place to ask questions as well as find already existing answers. If all else fails, feel free to email us with questions!
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Not all that long ago, the idea he'd be famous enough one day that people would want him to fly up to Canada just to hang out at a fight so folks could get an autograph or a picture with him never dawned on Chuck Liddell. Back in the mid-'90s when he was an accounting student at California Polytechnic State University with a knack for bookkeeping, he figured he'd graduate, get a real job and maybe open a karate gym if he was really lucky.
But then, right around the time he was graduating, something called the Ultimate Fighting Championship was starting to gain a tiny bit of traction. Suddenly, guys who weren't boxers but didn't mind scrapping could make a few bucks. So, one day as his classmates were chatting about what firm had hired them or where they'd been accepted to work, he announced he had a slightly different plan.
"Yeah," he said. "I'm going to go fight professionally."
Thirteen years after his first bout, it's turned out OK for the Ultimate Fighting Championship's retired light-heavyweight champion, who'll be in Hamilton on Friday night as part of the Slammer in the Hammer mixed martial arts card at Copps Coliseum.
How well did it turn out? Not only did the 41-year-old carve out a lucrative career inside the cage as one of the most-explosive and exciting knockout artists in the sport, but he's been a character on the Simpsons, has competed on Dancing With The Stars, was the first UFC fighter to make the cover of ESPN magazine and has become a full-on celebrity.
It's a bit of an unbelievable story for a guy who grew up in California but whose lone claim to fame prior to adulthood came in a tiny spot in the movies. If you slow down the Boy Scout scene in The Postman Always Rings Twice with Jessica Lange and Jack Nicholson and look very, very closely, you'll see the future Iceman as an 11-year-old.
But his love was fighting. Karate actually. He studied Koei-Kan karate — that's what's tattooed on his head in Chinese characters — and took up kick-boxing as a teenager.
The UFC was a little different since it was more free-form than he was used to, but he won his first two fights as a middleweight and 12 of his first 13 bouts overall, all the while managed by Dana White, who eventually bought the organization with two casino owners and has become the face of the sport.
Liddell already had his trademark Mohawk haircut back then. Had for a few years, as a matter of fact.
Back in 1992 — six years before his first pro fight — a bunch of friends were heading to a Slayer concert and decided they'd shave their heads for the occasion. Thing is, growing up with his strict mother and grandparents, he'd always had to keep his hair short. Now that he was finally allowed to grow it out, he wasn't about to take it right down to the wood. The Mohawk seemed like a good compromise.
"The reaction I got, people liked it," he says.
So he kept it.
As the UFC exploded in popularity — heavily helped by the first season of the reality show The Ultimate Fighter for which he was one of the two coaches, giving him oodles of air time and exposure — his unique look stood out and helped make him more famous than he ever imagined. That really hit home with him while standing in a Windsor coffee shop waiting for his order, when he first really realized his life had changed.
"Some girl from behind the counter said, 'You're that guy,' " he laughs.
Thinking he was being pegged for something he didn't do, he quickly told her he'd never been there before and had nothing to do with whatever it was she was talking about.
"No," she said. "You're on TV. You fight."
Today, he can't step out in public for two minutes without being noticed and stopped. It's something he's OK with, though he says it makes working out at a gym difficult when people want to come up and chat. And he still finds it odd that, when he's eating in a restaurant, people who spot him call their buddies and soon there's a crowd waiting for him when he's done. He says he's happy to oblige the fans, though.
"They're the ones who allowed me to do what I wanted for a long time," he says. "I want to continue helping the sport."
Which is why he's here and why he's now the UFC's vice-president of business development. He would have loved to still be fighting, but three nasty knockout losses in his last three fights were enough to convince him to move along.
That said, is there any chance he and Randy Couture and a few other retired guys might start a UFC old-timers' tour?
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Is the IT Revolution Over? An Asset Pricing View (Job market paper)
I develop a new method that puts structure on financial market data to forecast economic outcomes. I apply it to study the IT sector's transition to its long-run share in the US economy, along with its implications for future growth. Future average annual productivity growth is predicted to fall to 52bps from the 87bps recorded over 1974-2012, due to intensifying IT sector competition and decreasing returns to employing IT. My median estimate indicates the transition ends in 2033. I estimate these numbers by building an asset pricing model that endogenously links economy-wide growth to IT sector innovation governed by the sector's market valuation, and by calibrating it to match historical data on factor shares, price-dividend ratios, growth rates, and discount rates. Consistent with this link, I show empirically that the IT sector's price-dividend ratio univariately explains nearly half of the variation in future productivity growth.
Commodity Trade and the Carry Trade: A Tale of Two Countries, with Rob Ready and Nikolai Roussanov (Under review)
Persistent differences in interest rates across countries account for much of the profitability of currency carry trade strategies. The high-interest rate ``investment'' currencies tend to be ``commodity currencies,'' while low interest rate ``funding" currencies tend to belong to countries that export finished goods and import most of their commodities. We develop a general equilibrium model of commodity trade and currency pricing that generates this pattern via frictions in the shipping sector. The model predicts that commodity-producing countries are insulated from global productivity shocks by the limited shipping capacity, which forces the final goods producers to absorb the shocks. As a result, a commodity currency is risky as it tends to depreciate in bad times, yet has higher interest rates on average due to lower precautionary demand, compared to the final good producer. The model's predictions are strongly supported in the data. The commodity-currency carry trade explains a substantial portion of the carry-trade risk premia, and all of their pro-cyclical predictability with commodity prices and shipping costs, as predicted by the model.
Understanding the Behavior of Distressed Stocks, with Yasser Boualam and Joao F. Gomes
This paper shows how non-linearities in returns induced by delisting events can affect the inference about the behavior of delisting stocks. Because these events are both extreme and introduce a floor on expected stock returns, the correct factor model is
likely to be quite non-linear. As a result the estimated alphas and loadings in standard linear models are biased. We show that although these biases can be significant for abnormal excess returns they are generally quite small for factor loadings. Empirically this is because delisting events are largely uncorrelated with systematic risk factors. After we correct these biases we see little evidence of underperformance for portfolios of distressed stocks.
Do Corporate Bond Spreads Really Contain Illiquidity Premia?, with Gunnar Grass
We use the Merton (1974) model of capital structure to illustrate the intimate link between bond volatility and credit spreads. We then introduce a simple measure of bond volatility which alone captures 55.7% of variation in credit spreads in our sample, compared to 37.5% explained by a combination of five liquidity measures and 60.2% explained by an improved control for credit risk. Regressing spreads on our simple measure and our improved control for credit risk alone yields an adjusted R-squared of 69.8%; adding the liquidity measure only minimally augments the fit. We confirm the lack in explanatory power of the liquidity measure for subsamples of investment and speculative grade bond-quarters before, during and after the financial crisis. However, at the onset of the crisis we observe increases (decreases) in spreads of speculative (investment-) grade bonds with low pre-crisis trading activity, indicating price pressure caused by a flight to quality during the crisis. We conclude that while illiquid bonds can experience temporary price pressure in times of severe economic distress, bond spreads do not contain economically significant premia for contemporaneous illiquidity.
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Colin Ward, Thien T. Nguyen (Work In Progress), Can Differences in Rates of Innovation Explain the Carry Trade?.
Colin Ward, Nikolai Roussanov, Robert Ready (Under Review), Commodity Trade and the Carry Trade. Abstract
Colin Ward (2008), Bayesian REIT Volatility Estimation and Institutional Portfolio Allocation, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 14 (4), 425 - 442.
- Fixed Income Securities, Professor Nikolai Roussanov, MBA and Undergraduate, 2011, 2013
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Saw you guys in Brisbane on Sunday for the first time ever live - what a show. Wow! Looking forward to Sydney. I know requests are uncool, but, please, would you play one of Getting Up And Leaving, Prettiest Girl In The Whole Wide World or The Greatest Man That Ever Lived? and don't leave it another 16 years to get back here. Thanks guys - you've made my year!
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